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fileRead

Reads an on-disk or in-memory text file or a file object created with the FileOpen function.

fileRead(filePath [, charset | bufferSize])

returns string

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
filePath	any	Yes		An absolute file path, or file object.
charset	any	No		Character encoding used to read the file.
bufferSize	any	No		The number of characters to read.

Read a file into a variable

Uses expandPath to grab a file in current directory.

fileContent = fileRead(expandPath("./file.txt"), "utf-8")

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